KANSAS: Hotfoot

To Kansans, their bone-dry liquor law has
long been a laugh. Good whiskey is easier to get in Topeka than in wet
Kansas City, Mo., 67 miles away. It just costs a little more. Everyone
knows that there are at least 45 reliable bootleggers among Topeka's
76,000 population; that every bellhop has a ready pint or quart; that
mixed drinks are served at the Rainbo, the Northern Star, the It'll Do
Club; that to get a fifth of Old Granddad (unavailable in Kansas City)
at Meadow Acres Ballroom, all you have to do is beckon the "Soup Man"
and fork...